PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1919, Page 5

PERSONAL.

>• J. E. Wilson, SJ4., ia at present on J § Visit to New Plymouth. The New Year honors include a K-C.M-G. for Mr. Lefroy, Premier of Jfastralia. Mrs. Dowling, headmistress at the West End School, New Plymouth, retires on superannuation at ths end of Joly, alter 37, years in the teaching profession. The London Express suggests the possibility of the marriage lof the Prince of Wales with an American girl, and points out the enthusiasm on both sides of the Atlantic for such a marriage would be unbounded.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. The death is reported of Mr Peter Bartholomew, the well-Known sawmiller Of Levin, and the pioneer of the indusSf in'that district, which took place in ellington oh Monday. The deceased, who was 7*B years of age, was a widower. , «• leaves five 'sons and four daughtersThere are eight grandchildren. . 'At a special meeting of the Otago University Council on Monday, Mr. H. - A Skinner,. 8.A., D.CJtf., was apointed lnturer on ethnology. The appointment Witt Tendered possible, "by the generosity ' of aDunedin citizen, who wishes to relaAia anonymous and who has contrihalf the salary of. the lecturer for I We yean. Sir. Skinner is a New Plymouth boy, being a son of Mr. W. H. SkinnerAmong those in the missing boat from tin barque Aryan, which was burned off tie Chatham Islands, are Mr Sydney BarI*Ud, a son of the late Mr. S. Barraud, for many years local manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Lower Hutt. His is about 20 years of age. Included in tfoie' Who landed from the first boat are Mr. C. Vanderaluys, who shipped as cook, ahd his wife was acting as stewardess. Mr. Vandersluys was well known on the Wellington water front, having been for over, tww rears sergeant-major in charge of tie military guard which had charge of the wharves. An Auckland telegram states that Lieutenant-Colonel Patterson, Officer Commanding the Auckland District, was found dead in bed yesterday morning. He was 56 years of age, ttVd had been connected with tnilita'iy affairs in Auckland for 30 j years- He was formerly in command of uthe Auckland Garrison Artillery, lateT of coast defence troops. On the outbeak of War he took charge of the mobilisation of the coast defences and contianed in command till Colonel Hume Was to command the Welling-ton-district three years ago, when he succeeded to the command in Auckland. Major Thomas Farr, D.5.0., M.C., of Waverley, who left New Zealand with the Main Body as a second-lieutenant in eommaod of a section of the Third Battiny, returned to New Zealand this week «n duty furlough. For distinguished •erive on Gallipoli he was awarded the . Military Cross, and, when the re-organi-sation took place after the evacuation of the Peninsula, he was given command •f the Thirteenth Battery. He won his 8.5.0. m the taßng of Bapaume, when his battery did excellent work. Major Parr is one of the very few Main Body Officers . Who have been through all the campaign!! without once having been evacuated from bis unit for sickness, or on account of wounds. No. fewer than nine members of the New Zealand Parliament died during the past year Four members of the Legislative Council passed away, including Sir Charles Johnston, Speaker, and Sir Henry Miller, an ex-Speaker. The other two twuncflldrs who died were the Hon. W Morgan, of Gisborne, and the Hon. A. T. Maginnity,, of Nelson. The five members of the House of Representatives who died during the fear were Messrs. C. R. Parata (Southern Maori), R. Fletcher (Wellington Central), H. j. H. Okey (Taranald), A H. Hindmarsh (Wellington South), . and'D. Buick (Palmerston). Seven byelections were held during the year, three being to fill vacancies in Wellington city seats. Nineteen new members of the Legislative Council were appointed in May last. Captain William Foote, of Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, who has relatives in Wellington, entered on his 97th year yesterday, and received many congratulations on his birthday. Born in Newfoundland, he was engaged in the fishery trade there until the 'sixties, When he came out to New Zealand with his wife and several children in his own vessel, a terigantine named the Clara, 160 tons. His father-in-law, the late Mr. John Gibbons,, had arrived from St. John's, Newfoundland, some years before, via Liverpool and New Plymouth, in a barque which had formed part of his fleet of. sailing vessels engaged in the eadfishing and timber industries. Mr. Gibbons established a sawmill at the Huia Harbor, Manukau, and Captain Foote was in his service for some time. The captain then went to Greymouth, and erected a sawmill there. Returning North, he started a mill at Pararaha, some miles down the coast from Maimkau Heads, and after working it for a few years he s«ld it to Messrs. Guthrie and Larnadt, of Dunedin. For several W?s subsequently he engaged in farmi MP r ' n Whangarei district.- Captain ~ who is still hale "and hearty, is a most enthusiastic gardener, and only last Week 'W as to be seen digging a remarkably fine crop of potatoes of his own 1 growing. Dr. Percy KoOte, superintendent of Westport Hospital until he joined the New Zealand Army Medical Corps, |s one of his grandsons.